Means for securing tires to vehicle-wheels.



` 0. G. UABANNB. MEANS FOR SECURING TIRES TO VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1908.

.Patented June 28, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent. 13g-tainted Jun@ 283 l,

Application led September 30, 1908. Serial No. 455,493.` v V To all whom t may concern:

Be 1t known that I, CHARLES G. CABAN NE,

la citizen ot the United 'States ot America,

residing at the city ot Slt-Louis, in the State ot Missouri,l.ave invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Means tor Securing Tires to Vehicle-lVheels, ot which the following is a ytull', clear, and enact` description, reterence `being had to the accompanying drawings, tprnnng p'artot this specification. y

Bly invention relates to means whereby pneumatic or resilient vehicle wheel tires II. Fig. IV is a side elevation ot a tragment ot awheel, the view being taken at the location ot the latch by which the retaining ring ot my tire rim securing means is held from movement relative to the telly carried rim. Fig. V is a section taken onl line V-V, Fig. IV. Fig. VI is a tragmentary View ot the peripheral tace ot the telly carried rim. Fig. VII isa fragmentary View ot the peripheral tace otthe tire .rim retaining ring. Fig. VIII is aj longitudinal section taken through the wheelat the location ot the detent bv which the tire lcarrying'rim is prevented trom creeping relative to the telly carried rim. Fig. IX is in part a side elevation and in part a longitudinal section ot a fragment ot the wheel at the location ot theV detent shown in Fig. VIII.

In the accompanying drawings: A designates a resilient vehicle wheel tire and B is `a tire receiving rini in which the tire A is fitted, the tire being secured toA said rim by any Vordinary means, such as spreaders C,

see Fig. II,'that are provided with threaded shanks which project through the rim B landhave nuts D applied to them.

E is the telly ot the Wheel which may be ot any desired torm.

l designates a telly carried rim that surrounds the telly E and is secured thereto by any sui-table means. This telly carried rinr is provided at one ot its sides with an outwardly extending stop flange t. the?,

opposite'side ot the telly carriedrimis air inwardly extending flange 3 which projectsy toward the axis of the Wheel. This inwardly extending flange 3 is cut transversely'.

and circumterentially at intervalsandnthe portions ofthe flange, intermediate ot the,v

points at which it is cut, are each bent laterally at one end to produce torwardly projecting inclined tongues l and bent laterall v at the other end to produce rearwardly projecting inclined tongues 5, as seen=1nost clearly in Figs. III, V and VI.` The inclinedi-J tongues ot the various sections ot the flange u 3 produced byl cutting said flange and bend-f ing it as stated, are separated to providey passage-ways between said tongues thatlead diagonally through the flange 3.

6 is a retaining ring thatis ot right-'angle i".

shape in cross sect-ion, the ring beingprovided with a laterally rearwardly extending ange 7 and an outwardly extending flange S. The retaining ring 1s adapted to vbe fitted to the telly carried rim l at the locationot its flange 3 and upon the outer side ot they flange 7 ot this ring are fins 9 that extend diagonally otsaid flange, as seen most clearly in Figs. III and VII, and which are ot a number corresponding to the numberot passageways produced between the tongues telly carried rim I. TVI/*hen the retaining ring 6 is applied to the side ot the telly carried rim l bearing the flange 3 and said ring is rotated relative to the telly carried rim, the tins 9 upon the ring pass rearwardly between the 4tongues t and 5 ot the ange 3 ot said tellyv carried rim in a diagonal direction, whereby said ring is placed in interloclied engagement with said flange 3 and it willbe apparent that the degree to which the retaining ring is carried toward said flange is dependent only upon the degree ot rotation ot the ring and the extent ot passage ot the fins 9 between the tongues 4: and

carried rim 1 and the outwardly extending' flange 8 ot the tire retaining ring 6. Atone vI and 5 ot the flange 3 torming part ot the point in the wheel these blocks 10 are located 1n proximity to-each other and a key or detent 11, preferably of U-shape, is interposed between said blocks, as seen in Figs, VIII and IX, the key being provided with pins l2 that extend through the outwardly extend-v ing flange 2 of the felly carried rim 1.. This key serves to hold the tire receiving rim from creeping relative to the felly carried rim. y

The retaining ring is held from rotation relative to the felly carried riInafter it has been applied to the flange 3'of said rim by a spring latch-arm 13, see Figs. IV and V, that is provided with a pin 14 adapted to enter either of a series of pin-holes 15 in the flange 3 of the felly carried rim when the retaining ring has been adjusted to the desired degree for the purpose of maintaining the tire receiving rirn in its proper position around the felly carried riin.

l. The combination of a felly carried rim, formed at one side with an outwardly extending flange and at its other side with an inwardly extending ange, having at intervals forwardly and rearwardly extending inclined tongues and diagonal passageways between the inclined tongues, and a retaining ring having an outwardlyextending flange and a rearwardly extending flange formed with diagonally arranged peripheral fins rim, transverse blocks located between the outwardly extending franges and fixed to the tire receiving rim and a key located between adjacent transverse blocks and in engagement with the felly carried rim.

3. The combination of a felly carried rim, formed at one side with an outwardly extending flange and at its other side with an inwardly extending flange, having at intervals forwardly and rearwardly extending inclined tongues and diagonal passageways between the inclined tongues, a retaining ring having an outwardly extending flange' and a rearwardly extending flange formed'with diagonally arranged peripheral ns adapted to'occupy the diagonal passageways of the felly carried rim, and a sprino' latch arm, secured to the outwardly exten ing flange of the ring and having a pin projecting there-through and through the inwardly extending flange. l

4. The combination of a tire receiving rim, a felly carried rim, formed at one side with an outwardly extending iange and at its other side with an inwardly extending ange, having at intervals forwardly and rearwardly extending inclined tongues, and diagonal passageways between the inclined tongues, a retaining ring having an outwardly extending flange and a rearwardly extending flange formed with diagonally arranged peripheral fins adapted to occupy the diagonal passageways of the felly carried rim, transverse blocks located between the outwardly extending flanges and fixed to the tire receiving rim, a key located between adjacent transverse blocks and in engagement with the felly carried rim, and a spring latch arm, secured to the outwardly extending iiange of the ring, and having a pin projecting therethrou,D extending flange, I

CHARLES Gr. CABANNE. In presence ofA BLANCHE HOGAN, HOWARD G. COOK.

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